Grow With Change Life Is Term Paper

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When I first discovered that I was likely to loose my friend to leukemia, I simply refused to believe it. for, just a few weeks before, we had been enthusiastically planning to do everything in our power to get accepted in the same college. The disbelief and denial, however, quickly receded to be followed by a bout of severe grief and depression, characterized by tears, temper tantrums, sulks, and long periods of withdrawal from family and friends.

I am not sure just how long my depression would have lasted if it hadn't been for the very friend who was facing the task of battling a debilitating illness. In fact, looking back, I am ashamed to say that my overall behavior must have definitely added to the grief and challenges that my friend was already facing. Yet, when she finally chose to tackle me on the subject, she didn't say a word about the fact that I was adding to her burden.
Instead, she focused all her energies into pointing out that I was wasting the little time we had left together in tears and anger, whereas what I should be doing is building more happy memories. In that one moment, I think my worldview and personality changed forever because it brought home the realization that self-absorbed grief only resulted in the frittering away of precious moments in life. The experience with my friend's illness and later death, in fact, proved to be a turning point in my life in more ways than one. Because it also resulted in curing me of my self-absorption by teaching me that true caring meant placing another's needs ahead of….....

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